The old man packed all kinds of props, tied his cloth bag, and prepared to leave here to change to the next inn to continue. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 At this time, the middle-aged man bowed his head and said something to the two children, stood up and walked to the storyteller, took out an ingot of twenty taels of silver, and shook it in front of the storyteller.

"What do you want, officer?"

The middle-aged man glanced at the old man, did not say a word, took out an envelope from his bosom and put it on the table, and pressed twenty taels of silver on it. The old man glanced down and smiled:

"Guest officer, I won't tell you, the current market is not as good as before, what is twenty taels enough to do in this imperial city? Now it is fifty taels to start, but I am more kind, if you are willing, take another twenty taels, I will do it for you properly, if you don't want to, even if our business is not negotiated, what do you think?"

The old man smiled, the middle-aged man squinted at him, and then reached out and took out a silver ticket of 100 taels from his arms, stretched it out for the old man to see clearly, folded it in half, and pressed it under the twenty taels of silver.

"One hundred and twenty taels, three times, don't talk about anything else this month, give me this proper thing. ”

As soon as the old man saw the silver ticket, his eyes glowed green.

"Okay, you just wait, if you can't do this, you will screw my head. ”

Saying that, he didn't look at the middle-aged man, stared at the silver ticket on the table and rubbed his hands, the middle-aged man nodded slightly and turned away. As soon as the old man saw him leaving, he quickly picked up the silver ticket and silver, put it in his arms, took the envelope in his hand, stepped on the satchel and turned around, and quickly left the restaurant and disappeared into the crowd.

Since Xiang Yu discovered the abnormal changes in his body that day, he couldn't bear to think about the painful feeling, sneaked out in the middle of the night and tried it twice, seeing the moon turn into a crescent moon, but there was no reaction in his chest. His strength suddenly increased so much, and it took several days to adapt to it before he slowly returned to normal, and after taking a square before, the little fat man was so painful that he almost didn't turn his face. Not only that, but his body also has a strong healing ability, Xiang Yu secretly took a knife and cut a deep wound on one of his fingers when he was helping to light the fire in the kitchen, but he couldn't see it at all before he finished burning the fire.

During this time, there seem to be a lot of more people in this nameless town where the school hall is located, and there is occasionally the sound of swords intersecting in the middle of the night, and Mr. told everyone in class that he had nothing to do recently and that it was not peaceful outside, Xiang Yu didn't care at first, but then he felt that there were indeed more and more people in the town, and there were many big men with swords and fierce faces, and there were some mysterious people with hats. Xiang Yu couldn't help but be curious to ask the little fat man, the little fat man didn't know what was going on at first, and then his father went home once, the little fat man ran home from school in the afternoon and asked, only then did he know that there seemed to be news that there was nothing strange in this place, and it seemed that the big man in Beijing sent someone to round up some kind of spirit beast, and it ran away, but this spirit beast was seriously injured, and he hid in this part of the sea, if anyone finds this seriously injured spirit beast, he can easily kill it, swallow the flesh and blood of this spirit beast, and he can ascend to the sky in one step and become a first-class master in the rivers and lakes, so this is not a lot of people in the rivers and lakes who heard the news。 And it is said that the news was originally very tightly blocked, and the person who rounded up the spirit beast had been secretly searching for it in some secret way, but he didn't know what was going on and leaked the news, which made the world know. Now that the spirit beast has not been found, there are food and drinks sold in the town, and the innkeeper has made a fortune first, which is what they care about.

Soon it was time for the monthly holiday, Mr. gathered the two classes together, and told everyone to stay at home for a period of time after going home this time, at least after ten days or so, the town has been too chaotic recently, he is worried about what accidents have happened to everyone, and now there are so many people here and there, there are many people flying around on the eaves at night, and everyone can't sleep at ease. Before leaving, Mr. stopped Xiang Yu and took out a cloth bag, which was about two feet long, and the outside was a purple-black cloth, which seemed to be a stick-like thing, and Mr. handed it to Xiang Yu:

"Bring this to your father, and tell your father and mother that the whole seaside has not been peaceful for a while, and let them be careful, and don't peek at it on the way back, otherwise the consequences may be serious." ”

The gentleman's words were particularly serious. Xiang Yu took the cloth bag, looked at it, carried it on his back, and felt that it was not very heavy, and when he was about to leave, he hesitated and turned around and asked Mr.:

"Sir, did you and my father know each other before?"

The gentleman looked at Xiang Yu's puzzled eyes and sighed lightly.

"It's a good acquaintance, your father is an upright and brave person, and he hopes that you are also a brave and upright person, so he named you Xiang Yu, and you have to remember your father's expectations. ”

After saying that, he waved his hand, Xiang Yu bent down and saluted, and left directly without speaking.

On the way back, he obviously felt that the atmosphere was not right, there seemed to be several times more people on the official road, and he used to meet one from a long distance, but now he had just walked half of the way and inexplicably gave birth to a feeling that there were people everywhere, and it was about to be a moon, and it was getting dark earlier and earlier, Xiang Yu couldn't help but speed up his pace, and there was always a faint uneasiness in his heart, from the day his body was strengthened until now, this feeling seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.

When he returned home, as soon as he entered the yard, his father saw Xiang Yu and shouted:

"Yong'er is back!"

Mother poked her head out of the kitchen, saw Xiang Yu, smiled, and shouted:

"Come here, the freshly prepared dish, let's eat it. ”

Xiang Yu saw his father and mother, he felt a lot of stability in his heart, and the faint uneasiness along the way was also hidden, and the life of leaving home for two months made him feel his deep attachment to his father and mother, although he usually didn't feel much homesick in the school, but every time he arrived at home, he saw his father and mother, saw this small courtyard, smelled the familiar breath, and felt like he missed you, he wanted to say to his father and mother that the child misses you, but he was ashamed to say it. He answered his mother's words:

"Let's eat later, let's eat together, I haven't eaten with you for another month, I was almost blown away by the storm at home last month and didn't stay well, this time the teacher said that the town is unstable, let's stay at home for a while, just so I can accompany you well." ”

Xiang Yu's father was very happy to hear his words, looked at his mother and said:

"Our family Yong'er has grown up and knows filial piety to his parents, haha. ”

Xiang Yu took advantage of his father's words to take off the package handed over to him by his husband from his back and gave it to his father, who was sorting out the fishing nets.

"Dad, this is what Mr. asked me to give to you, and he also said that the seaside has not been peaceful recently, so let you and your mother be careful. ”

Xiang Yu's father was stunned for a moment, took the package handed over by Xiang Yu, checked it, laughed, wiped his hands and took the package and went to the house. As he walked, he said:

"Got it, when you go back, say thank you to him. ”

Xiang Yu was curious, and followed along

"Dad, what's in there?"

"The child's house is fine, don't ask, go and go. ”

The father turned around and went into the back room and kicked Xiang Yu out, he could only go to find his mother stupidly.

The quiet fishing village is smoking with happiness, and at the same time, there are many villages like Xiang Yu and them near the seashore, and no one knows that a huge crisis is looming over their heads.

On the afternoon of the third day when Xiang Yu returned home, sitting on the big rock he often stayed on the top of the small hill, the salty sea breeze was blowing on his face, it was a little cold, it was already a month, it was estimated that his father would not go to sea this year in a few days, and he could stay with his father and mother for a while. He likes to look at the sea in the distance like this, and his heart will slowly become very calm. His body is really very different from before, except for the changes that night, his five senses are still slowly changing in the past few days, although his strength has not continued to grow, but his facial features are becoming more and more sensitive, I don't know how many times stronger than before. In addition, there was no other reaction in the body, the chest was normal, and there were no abnormalities in other parts of the body, which made Xiang Yu a little strange, there was a feeling of anticlimactic, he didn't know what the men in the sea mussels did to him that day, and what else he didn't find.

Xiang Yu, who was staring at the sea blankly, didn't notice that at this time, there were some vague black shadows on the path leading to the outside world in the village, which were moving towards the village. These dark shadows blended with the surrounding environment, if you didn't stare at it carefully, you wouldn't notice any difference at a glance, when these people were still hundreds of meters away from the village, they scattered into three roads, one moving directly towards the entrance of the village, and the other two roads went around the back of the village from both sides. After a while, the group completed the siege of the village. Then, each of the three groups of people left a small team to stay in place, and the rest of the people quietly rushed to the village, the dog in the village barked wildly, Xiang Yu heard the dog barking and turned his head to take a casual look, originally he also felt nothing, but became a keen intuition told him, no! After a careful observation, Xiang Yu's heart couldn't help but jump suddenly, he saw three groups of people hidden outside the village, and he could vaguely see that there were some people in the village who were constantly searching for something.

Quietly coming out of the col, he slowly approached the village, where he could hear the village already full of chickens and dogs, as if these people had captured a lot of villagers. The three groups of people outside stared closely at the surroundings of the fishing village, for fear of missing the situation, as if they wanted to contain something. Xiang Yu couldn't find a chance to get in, and he didn't know the situation of his parents, so he was very anxious. At this moment, a firework suddenly shot out of the village, and the bright fireworks spread out into the shape of a sword, and as soon as the three groups of people outside saw the fireworks, they immediately rushed into the village. Xiang Yu saw it, and hurriedly followed them to the village, along the way he dodged several groups of people, his sensitive five senses could make him feel the arrival of these people in advance, and the changes in his body brought him different help for the first time. Many villagers were pressed to the center of the village by the black-clothed men, some with knives and some with swords, dressed in black robes, with a black veil on their faces, and only gesturing to each other and not speaking.

Quietly returning home, Xiang Yu found that the yard was very messy, there seemed to be some traces of fighting, the leaves of the fruit trees were cut off a lot, rushed into the house, there was nothing, the clothes and beds were messed up, the clam shells that had been placed next to the yard vat were gone, the vat was only the lower half, it was lifted up, lying on the ground on its side, soy sauce and vinegar were everywhere in the kitchen, Xiang Yu had been pressing the feeling of uneasiness in his heart was originally very strong, and now it is becoming more and more intense, he was anxious and restless, and secretly prayed to his parents not to have anything happen, now he didn't dare to go out, it was still very lively outside, and it was obvious that it had been searched by the man in black, no one should come back in a short time, and if he goes out, he will probably be discovered by them, and in that case he will be arrested.

It took more than an hour for the noise outside to slowly subside, Xiang Yu leaned on the courtyard wall, seeing that the surroundings were quiet, he turned out, the neighbors' chickens, ducks and geese were killed, he looked back and forth and walked cautiously to the middle of the village, all the way to see the scene of being looted, all kinds of chickens, ducks, geese and even mice, birds and other living creatures were killed. When he was almost in the middle of the village, he heard a little talking, so he hid in the corner, hidden, and quietly moved forward. Turning a corner, I saw that in the middle of the village, where all the people in the village were gathered in the open space where the three roads intersected, and on the stone mill stood a man in black with a gold trim on his clothes, and at his feet was the mussel shell that his father had brought back. His father and mother were tied with their hands tied and knelt closest to the stone mill, and the other villagers also squatted behind them and did not dare to speak.

"I don't know if you've seen strangers lately, so whether you tell the truth or not, I wasn't going to embarrass you, but! Unexpectedly, I found this in your village!"

Saying that, the man in black pointed to the mussel shell under his feet with some excitement.

"Maybe you don't know what that means, but I can tell you that if you can't find the contents of this shell today, you, all of you, will have to die!"

After this man said this viciously, he jumped off the stone mill, kicked Xiang Yu's parents a few times, kicked them to the ground, stepped on them twice, and spat on them.

"Especially you two pariahs, where did this mussel shell come from? If you don't explain clearly today, hmph, it's easy to die, but I promise you won't be able to survive, you can't die!"